“Nothing is meaningless it’s how we assign meaning to the past that determines how we experience the present, and future.”

When stress and anxiety have your system stuck in a brainstem loop? Reboot. It’s I.T. for life!

When a loving, meaningful experience is our goal, we must trust an energy that is congruent with that goal as our guide along the way. Bottom line, trust love over fear if love is what you’re after.

The problem with lethargy is that doing nothing validates the fear that nothing can be done.

Holding on to painful images of the past in order to avoid painful experiences in the future serves only to color the present with pain.

There’s no such thing as a ‘stressful’ situation.

Family is the place where acceptance and validation are most needed, but often the hardest to find.

Regardless of the problem, as long as our solution requires someone else to change, we will never know the power and promise of self-determination.

There are two ways to make someone important in our lives … we can either love them or hate them.

You can’t ‘cope with’ change anymore than you can ‘manage’ stress.

Our past is not, as some fear, a series of events carved in stone that we must carry around for the rest of our lives… but a kaleidoscope of experiences that, when viewed through different lenses, can ‘color’ (change) how we see our present and future.

Meaning isn’t something we discover, it is what we bring to life, either by choice or by chance.

To change any aspect of our life we must be willing to change our mind… Unfortunately, that is the one thing most people are the least willing to do.

Trust is simply a set of expectations about the present and the future. The key is to ensure that these are chosen and evaluated based upon awareness versus fear.

Nothing destroys a relationship quicker than our fears of inadequacy and loss.

True ‘magic’ is simply the ability to transcend what seems to be and, thus, transform one’s experience. Maybe we could all use a little ‘Harry Potter’ in our lives.

Creating a meaningful life has less to do with how we feel about our past than what we do about our future.

The people have already determined Chechnya’s status at the referendum.

Happiness doesn’t come in one form, it determined by your own heart.

My path has not been determined. I shall have more experiences and pass many more milestones.

What Jesus will do with you is determined on what you will do with him.

If a Coach is determined to stay in the coaching profession.

Still, I considered it a tremendous injustice that Noll had not been more widely translated and was determined to rectify it.

Once I looked into it, I was taken aback to learn that pretty much nothing by Joao Gilberto Noll was available in English translation.

So we want an Islamic state where Islamic law is not just in the books but enforced, and enforced with determination. There is no space and no room for democratic consultation.